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Each week throughout this course you will explore both sides of an environmental controversy. This week you look at the issue of science and politics. Review the background information. Then, using the References along with resources from your own research, write a 1-2 page response to the questions that follow. Remember to cite your sources using proper APA format.Background InformationToday there are many complaints over the politicization of science. Many people believe politics should not play a role in science, but once government funds science, the funding decisions become political. In most social institutions, disagreements are settled by debate. Science in contrast, uses experiments to prove or disprove theories. Science is testable, and is self-proving. If a better explanation for a phenomenon is found, it will replace other explanations. This is why careful distinctions must be made between Frontier Science, Consensus Science, and Junk Science.Many difficult controversies surround the environmental problems we face in the world today. Problems include: Air and water pollution, global warming, species and ecosystem biodiversity, energy, hazardous waste, population, and food supply issues. Politics control the financing of scientific research and development to help solve these issues. In politics passion wins over logic.Science is not politics and cannot be debated in the same way politics are. Mixing politics with science produces bad science. Government efforts to fund research interfere with the maintenance of high scientific standards. The current Congress consists of 535 members. Of these members, 7 (1.3%), are scientists, and 21 others are healthcare professionals.Use these references along with resources from your own research to help answer the questions that follow.QuestionsDo you feel that scientists should be cut out of the policy making process, particularly on environmental issues, when their research is proven and widely accepted and is being ignored and disputed? Politicians ultimately make the decisions, but shouldn\’t the scientists have a voice?Do you feel that lobbyists and special interest groups exert too great of an influence and act as an impediment to finding solutions to, and providing the funding for, research for the environmental problems we face?

Visit company websites such as Nestle, Pepsi, Johnson & Johnson, P&G, or similar global websites; review their product lines, locations in which they operate, and other pertinent information in respect to their global organization. Select one organization, and answer the questions below in a 2-3 page paper:International Human Resource Leadership practitioners assume a number of roles in international business which may be different than when operating in purely domestic organizations. When operating domestically, HRL is concerned with strategic challenges such as inclusion and diversity, recruiting the right talent, organizational performance, and helping both the line managers and top organizational management operate successfully. The goal is to create competitive organizations with happy employees who can in-turn perform better than others.Internationally, HRL is faced with more complex challenges such as the to recruiting, training and development. Therefore, international HRL must respond to additional complexities such as using domestic or host country employees, succession planning from home country or allow host country personnel to be promoted to corporate headquarter. In essence, when operating internationally, HRL practitioners must utilize a different

Using a historical topic of your choosing, write an appropriate 200-word introduction, using background information supported by scholarly sources, for a historical research paper. Your essay should strictly follow APA formatting, citation, and style guidelines. 

Question 1. a) Describe a ‘real world’ example where you or others judged a decision based on its outcome. Explain what the problem is with evaluating the quality of a decision based on outcomes, and offer a better approach to evaluating this same decision. b) Reconsider the important and difficult decision you described in an earlier class. In light of this course’s lectures and readings, would you evaluate it differently now, and how. Explain briefly. c) Why do you think that decision makers pay so much attention to outcomes, even when they do not want to? Question 2. Describe a recent consumer choice you made and present the information as a table. a) Describe the process if you used the Satisficing strategy to make your choice, then state what your choice would be using this strategy. b) Is Satisficing compensatory or non-compensatory and why (Define compensatory and non-compensatory)? c) In the same example, show how you would choose using the lexicographic strategy. d) Is Lexicographic a compensatory or non-compensatory and why? Did you choose the same thing, if not, why not? e) When is it appropriate to use compensatory versus non-compensatory and vice-versa? MG110 Question 3. a) How do people decide naturally when there is ‘lots of choice’? (Think about strategies). b) Do you expect lots of choice to be more difficult to cope with for maximizers or satisficers and why? Describe a Maximizer and a Satisficer, in your answer. c) Drawing on your entire course so far, how can one help people choose better? Illustrate with an example. Question 4. The FSA is an independent UK Government department set up in 2000 to protect the public\’s health and consumer interests in relation to food. Imagine that you have been asked to advise the Food Standards Agency (FSA) about how to inform the public about the risks and benefits posed by genetically modified food. a) What are the main factors which influence how people perceive risk? Use theory to justify your answer. b) Give two examples of events or hazards which are perceived very differently by the general public, and explain why. c) Based on your answer given in a) how do you think people will perceive GM food and why? Focus on the theory surrounding how people perceive risk. d) What advice would you give the FSA when communicating the risks and benefits associated with GM food? Question 5. We saw that preferences are constructed. a) Explain what we mean by that, highlighting in what ways context shapes and affects preferences and choices. Refer to the lectures, class notes and readings assigned. b) Give four examples of how context shapes and affects preferences. Name the effects that you described in your examples. The examples must illustrate four different effects. c) As a decision analyst, explain why it is important to know that preferences are constructed d) What does behavioral science say about the implications of an opt-out organ donation policy for organ donation rates? e) Do you think an opt-out organ donation is ethical and saves lives? MG110 Question 6 Imagine you have a serious non-urgent knee problem. Your GP recommends you undergo a knee replacement surgery. In this surgery, the doctor removes damaged cartilage and bone from the surface of your knee joint and replaces them with a man-made surface of metal and plastic. In order to have this operation you will have to go to a hospital. The table below shows the 5 hospitals you can choose from. a) Imagine that Location were the most important criterion to you. What hospital would you choose if you used a lexicographic strategy? Spell out your choice process if you used the lexicographic strategy and Hospital X were 2 miles away. b) Would you recommend or discourage using a choice strategy of this kind, and why? c) Based on the behavioural research you know, list all the factors that you think render the choice of one hospital from these five difficult. For each of these factors, describe how an unaided decision maker would choose. In your answer make reference to the table and give specific examples. d) Imagine that the table below were designed with a “default” selection, i.e. would always present one of the 5 hospitals as pre-selected. Of course, people can change the selection if they want. 1. Do you think that including a ‘default’ would help people make their choice? If so, how? If not, why? 2. Imagine advising the NHS on how to set this default. What hospital of the 5 would you suggest as the best ‘default’, and why?

Law enforcement agencies are a very attractive target when it comes to litigation. Thus, civil liability is a concern in American policing and will continue to be. Often, civil lawsuits against police are filed when they abuse their power, are negligent, or violate the civil rights of a citizen. Police officers and administrators understand the possibility of litigation. However, the circumstances where they will be held liable are not always clear. For this reason, police administrators need to understand the law and how police practices can potentially lead to litigation. Their goal is to minimize the risk of lawsuits in their department because the costs of liability in policing can be astronomical.You are the new police chief of a large city. The police department in your city has several complaints filed in the past year with Internal Affairs about certain police practices that some of the complaints allege police corruption. Corruption is a persistent problem in American policing, and it is essentially a misuse of authority for personal gain. It is not always easy to decipher what acts are classified as corruption. As a police chief, you are concerned that these complaints may turn into lawsuits against the city police department that could potentially cost millions of dollars. You have never had to deal with a lawsuit against the city police department at any of the previous departments that you commanded. You want to understand more about the nature of civil liability associated with policing.Also, because you are a new police chief, you are trying to correct all the problems of corruption and these complaints, where the most prominent complaint is over police corruption. You know that police officers often go to lunch at a local family-owned restaurant in the city and receive free meals. You remember from your police academy classes and your AIU classes that you are not allowed to accept gifts from people while you are on duty; however, you know that many officers in your department accept free meals and gifts. While at lunch one day with some of your officers, you go to pay for you meal (which is valued at approximately $10.00), and one of the officers tells you that you do not have to pay for your meal at this restaurant. You pay for your meal but are concerned about the comment, so you decide to write a memo in APA format to your subordinates about the following issues and questions. You must write a paper of 2–3 pages outlining your thoughts about the issues and back up your thoughts with cited facts.

Substance abuse assessments have very different purposes for different populations. For instance, an assessment for treatment of victims will look different from a court-mandated assessment relating to criminal behavior. For another example, an assessment for an adolescent would likely emphasize peer influence more so than it would for an adult. These demographic factors significantly influence the assessment as it relates to treatment planning or other recommendations.Use the module readings and the Argosy University online library resources to research types of substance abuse assessments for different demographics.Select substance abuse assessments for use in this assignment. Your choices should represent three different age populations such as the elderly, adults, adolescents, or children. Review the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) patient placement criteria for the treatment of substance-related disorders at the following:Complete the following:Create an 8–10 slide PowerPoint presentation to present your findings to other substance abuse counselors. Include the table comparing the three types of substance abuse assessments. Apply APA standards to citation of sources in your slides. Use the speaker notes in the slide show to further discuss the topics on each slide. In addition, make sure you have a title slide and a slide with references (in APA format).

3 Reflection Question:
How Does the sperry Article and the discussion of the politics of performance act as a vehicle of empowerment for little Bear, and others to aid \”to their own benefit\” (P. 64).
– The reflections will be submitted at the beginning of lecture.
– In your reflections you will be expected to reflect on the previous lecture and associated reading (s), and relate these to your own thinking and experiences.
– This exercise provides the content for your contribution to seminar discussions.

Lester Scholl\’s administrative assistant calls you on Monday afternoon to set up a conference call between you and the chairman tomorrow morning to discuss the board\’s reaction to your list and to discuss your next task. You call the number she gave you, and Lester joins the call shortly after.\”I\’m pleased with your work,\” he says. The board was impressed with your list of factors. Your ranking made sense because your explanations were well-written. I suspect they read everything you sent because it was concise and clear. Good job.\”\”Thanks,\” you say, and you feel relieved that your first assignment was well-received.\”Your list provided the basis for a good conversation about the manufacturing operations,\” he says. \”We want to know more about the economy of both countries to further inform our decision-making process.\”\”That makes sense,\” you say. \”The United States and South Korea hold many distinct economic factors that may affect AutoEdge’s long-term financial performance.\”\”Right,\” he says. \”Your research on the two economies will give the board enough information so we can advise the new, incoming CEO.\”\”What should my research include?\” you ask.\”In your research, you must take into consideration several macroeconomic factors,\” he says. \”We want to see information about the gross domestic product (GDP), unemployment, interest rates, and inflation for both the United States and South Korea. Make sure your research is current; that is, no more than 6 months old.\”\”I\’ll get started right away,\” you say.\”Very good,\” he says. \”Let me know if you have any questions, and I\’ll put you in touch with some of the other members of the board if I can\’t provide the answers you need.\”\”Great,\” you say. \”Thank you.\”